Languages Spoken in Mississippi: Map and County Data
Languages Spoken Across Mississippi Counties
According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2011–2015 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, about 110,000 people age 5 and older in Mississippi speak a language other than English at home, representing 3.9% of the state’s population age 5+. Spanish is the most spoken non-English language, with about 67,300 speakers, followed by Vietnamese and French.
Most Spoken Non-English Languages in Mississippi
The most spoken non-English languages in Mississippi are Spanish, Vietnamese, and French. Spanish is spoken at home by about 67,300 people, or roughly 2.4% of the state’s population age 5+.
Key Language Findings for Mississippi
About 110,000 people in Mississippi speak a language other than English at home, representing 3.9% of residents age 5 and older.
The most spoken non-English languages in Mississippi are Spanish, Vietnamese, and French.
Spanish is the most spoken non-English language in Mississippi, with about 67,300 speakers, representing roughly 2.4% of residents age 5 and older.
Harrison County has the largest Spanish-speaking population in Mississippi, with about 6,400 speakers.
Harrison County has the largest population speaking a language other than English at home, with more than 12,700 residents.
While Spanish is the most spoken non-English language statewide, another language leads in 10 of the 82 Mississippi counties, including other Native North American languages in Neshoba County.
How Language Use Varies Across Mississippi Counties
Language patterns differ sharply by county. Spanish is the leading non-English language across most of Mississippi, but county-level rankings show large local communities speaking Vietnamese, other Native North American languages, Chinese, French, other Indic languages, German, Tagalog / Filipino, and other languages.
Harrison County has the largest number of residents speaking a language other than English at home, while Tallahatchie County has the highest share relative to its age-5+ population, at 14.7%. In Neshoba County, other Native North American languages are the leading non-English language, showing how statewide rankings can differ substantially at the local level.
English Proficiency and Language Access in Mississippi
Speaking a language other than English at home does not necessarily mean someone has limited English proficiency. Census table B16001 also separates language groups by whether residents report speaking English "very well" or less than "very well," providing additional context for organizations planning language access services. For a broader look at limited English proficiency across the country, explore Boostlingo's LEP State Map.
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| County | % Other Language | Other-Language Speakers | #1 Language | #2 Language | #3 Language | #4 Language | #5 Language | #6 Language | Population Age 5+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tallahatchie County | 2,066 | Spanish 1,842 | Chinese 32 | Vietnamese 27 | Tagalog / Filipino 25 | Laotian 21 | Korean 20 | 14,089 | |
| Scott County | 2,628 | Spanish 2,217 | Chinese 145 | Other Native North American 119 | Other / unspecified 110 | French 10 | Vietnamese 10 | 26,081 | |
| Neshoba County | 2,061 | Other Native North American 1,747 | Spanish 122 | Vietnamese 78 | French 62 | Chinese 38 | Japanese 6 | 27,302 | |
| Harrison County | 12,709 | Spanish 6,381 | Vietnamese 2,956 | French 454 | German 345 | Tagalog / Filipino 310 | Laotian 241 | 182,307 | |
| Jackson County | 9,224 | Spanish 5,252 | Vietnamese 2,019 | Tagalog / Filipino 337 | German 262 | Korean 226 | French 206 | 132,028 | |
| Adams County | 1,989 | Spanish 1,785 | Korean 60 | Arabic 52 | French 33 | Urdu 25 | German 22 | 30,097 | |
| Yazoo County | 1,629 | Spanish 1,437 | French 44 | Vietnamese 30 | German 24 | Italian 21 | Urdu 20 | 26,026 | |
| Oktibbeha County | 2,885 | Spanish 838 | Chinese 402 | Korean 364 | Gujarati 144 | Arabic 132 | German 123 | 46,414 | |
| Leake County | 1,218 | Spanish 712 | Other Native North American 435 | Vietnamese 41 | French 22 | Other / unspecified 8 | — | 21,432 | |
| Calhoun County | 716 | Spanish 649 | French 20 | French Creole 19 | Arabic 14 | German 7 | Italian 4 | 13,811 | |
| Madison County | 4,877 | Spanish 2,293 | Other Indic 451 | Chinese 445 | Tagalog / Filipino 187 | Arabic 176 | Hindi 151 | 93,520 | |
| DeSoto County | 8,039 | Spanish 5,877 | Vietnamese 454 | Chinese 380 | Tagalog / Filipino 324 | Arabic 199 | German 129 | 157,720 | |
| Hancock County | 2,204 | Spanish 1,199 | French 338 | Tagalog / Filipino 303 | German 187 | Korean 51 | Italian 43 | 42,824 | |
| Pontotoc County | 1,443 | Spanish 1,280 | German 80 | Other West Germanic 45 | Other Native North American 15 | Tagalog / Filipino 12 | French 5 | 28,422 | |
| Lafayette County | 2,326 | Spanish 899 | Tagalog / Filipino 210 | Other Indic 178 | Gujarati 134 | Vietnamese 125 | German 117 | 48,424 | |
| Lee County | 3,728 | Spanish 2,568 | Arabic 223 | Japanese 217 | French 159 | Other Indic 125 | German 97 | 78,953 | |
| Lowndes County | 2,603 | Spanish 1,710 | African languages 165 | French 152 | Tagalog / Filipino 105 | Other Indic 104 | Chinese 88 | 55,756 | |
| Jones County | 2,853 | Spanish 2,259 | Chinese 113 | Vietnamese 108 | French 90 | Korean 62 | German 43 | 63,321 | |
| Rankin County | 6,131 | Spanish 3,611 | Vietnamese 342 | Other Pacific Island 321 | German 284 | Arabic 276 | Tagalog / Filipino 261 | 137,287 | |
| Tippah County | 914 | Spanish 831 | Other Native North American 35 | German 18 | Chinese 17 | Vietnamese 7 | Korean 3 | 20,688 | |
| Union County | 1,144 | Spanish 938 | Hebrew 55 | Arabic 51 | French 25 | Italian 25 | German 21 | 25,939 | |
| Kemper County | 395 | Other Native North American 299 | Spanish 87 | French 9 | — | — | — | 9,697 | |
| Newton County | 799 | Other Native North American 622 | Spanish 99 | German 30 | Chinese 20 | French 14 | Portuguese 8 | 20,186 | |
| Forrest County | 2,665 | Spanish 1,712 | Chinese 202 | German 163 | French 128 | Gujarati 105 | Other Asian 54 | 70,913 | |
| Chickasaw County | 592 | Spanish 523 | Gujarati 24 | Hindi 14 | Other Asian 9 | African languages 8 | French 7 | 16,165 | |
| Copiah County | 978 | Spanish 712 | Hindi 117 | Other Indic 71 | German 24 | French 20 | Other Asian 12 | 27,027 | |
| Lamar County | 1,896 | Spanish 955 | Chinese 455 | German 130 | Korean 71 | Vietnamese 59 | Portuguese 46 | 54,907 | |
| Tunica County | 323 | Spanish 145 | Vietnamese 72 | Arabic 43 | French 26 | Japanese 16 | German 11 | 9,574 | |
| Lauderdale County | 2,466 | Spanish 1,561 | Hindi 352 | Gujarati 89 | French 73 | Tagalog / Filipino 70 | Russian 67 | 74,714 | |
| Leflore County | 967 | Spanish 626 | Chinese 136 | Hindi 39 | French 37 | Urdu 33 | Other / unspecified 26 | 29,152 | |
| Hinds County | 7,350 | Spanish 3,972 | Other Indic 674 | French 468 | Vietnamese 349 | African languages 286 | Chinese 241 | 229,004 | |
| George County | 673 | Spanish 412 | Tagalog / Filipino 135 | Scandinavian 44 | French 35 | German 23 | Vietnamese 23 | 21,422 | |
| Warren County | 1,411 | Spanish 883 | German 122 | Hindi 64 | Other Indic 52 | Vietnamese 46 | Korean 40 | 44,924 | |
| Alcorn County | 1,042 | Spanish 858 | Japanese 58 | German 37 | Chinese 26 | Portuguese 16 | Other West Germanic 15 | 34,874 | |
| Pike County | 1,102 | Spanish 694 | French 162 | Hindi 77 | Other Indic 54 | German 40 | Other Native North American 25 | 37,216 | |
| Tate County | 787 | Spanish 660 | Chinese 55 | German 30 | French 25 | Tagalog / Filipino 7 | Korean 6 | 26,665 | |
| Quitman County | 211 | Arabic 112 | Spanish 83 | German 8 | French 4 | Japanese 3 | Other Native North American 1 | 7,249 | |
| Bolivar County | 877 | Spanish 586 | French 82 | Gujarati 52 | Other Indic 48 | Tagalog / Filipino 41 | Chinese 33 | 31,364 | |
| Noxubee County | 289 | Spanish 258 | Other / unspecified 24 | Arabic 5 | French 2 | — | — | 10,368 | |
| Marshall County | 932 | Spanish 831 | German 39 | Arabic 18 | French 15 | Russian 14 | Vietnamese 7 | 34,179 | |
| Pearl River County | 1,307 | Spanish 819 | German 134 | French 126 | Korean 60 | Scandinavian 57 | Arabic 43 | 51,885 | |
| Tishomingo County | 468 | Spanish 428 | French 18 | Polish 15 | Vietnamese 4 | Arabic 3 | — | 18,426 | |
| Benton County | 188 | Spanish 179 | German 5 | French 2 | Portuguese 2 | — | — | 8,079 | |
| Washington County | 1,003 | Spanish 498 | Korean 82 | Urdu 70 | Arabic 59 | Chinese 57 | German 47 | 45,760 | |
| Lincoln County | 659 | Spanish 365 | Other Indic 102 | Other Asian 61 | Other Indo-European 35 | Arabic 33 | French 20 | 32,491 | |
| Simpson County | 487 | Spanish 428 | French 49 | Other West Germanic 5 | Other Pacific Island 5 | — | — | 25,565 | |
| Sunflower County | 497 | Spanish 329 | Chinese 46 | African languages 42 | Scandinavian 29 | German 22 | French 21 | 26,026 | |
| Prentiss County | 426 | Spanish 263 | French 40 | German 34 | Portuguese 29 | Tagalog / Filipino 27 | Hindi 20 | 23,738 | |
| Itawamba County | 385 | Spanish 210 | French 81 | Other Indic 34 | German 24 | Persian 19 | Korean 12 | 22,126 | |
| Marion County | 416 | Spanish 348 | French 22 | Korean 22 | German 10 | Italian 8 | Other Indic 6 | 24,401 | |
| Walthall County | 245 | Spanish 186 | German 24 | French 21 | Chinese 13 | Korean 1 | — | 14,072 | |
| Wayne County | 330 | Spanish 164 | Other Indic 53 | Italian 48 | Chinese 47 | German 13 | French 5 | 19,179 | |
| Amite County | 195 | Spanish 146 | Italian 23 | French 15 | German 10 | Russian 1 | — | 12,220 | |
| Carroll County | 157 | Spanish 87 | Italian 26 | Hindi 25 | Portuguese 19 | — | — | 9,849 | |
| Panola County | 504 | Spanish 444 | German 34 | Arabic 14 | Tagalog / Filipino 12 | — | — | 31,798 | |
| Clay County | 282 | Spanish 204 | Chinese 64 | German 9 | Other West Germanic 5 | — | — | 19,042 | |
| Coahoma County | 323 | Chinese 103 | Arabic 101 | Spanish 81 | Other Native North American 14 | French 11 | Other Indic 8 | 23,084 | |
| Attala County | 233 | Spanish 173 | Tagalog / Filipino 28 | German 17 | Korean 9 | Japanese 6 | — | 17,800 | |
| Stone County | 218 | Spanish 169 | French 22 | German 13 | Other Indo-European 7 | African languages 7 | — | 17,039 | |
| Greene County | 160 | Spanish 88 | Portuguese 30 | German 20 | French 8 | Laotian 7 | Other Indo-European 4 | 13,440 | |
| Monroe County | 424 | Spanish 235 | German 44 | French 40 | Other Pacific Island 22 | Other West Germanic 18 | Scandinavian 16 | 34,038 | |
| Claiborne County | 100 | Urdu 45 | Spanish 31 | Other Native North American 8 | Japanese 7 | Other Asian 6 | Russian 3 | 8,771 | |
| Humphreys County | 92 | Spanish 85 | Arabic 4 | Chinese 3 | — | — | — | 8,300 | |
| Perry County | 122 | German 57 | Spanish 44 | French 21 | — | — | — | 11,412 | |
| Covington County | 175 | Spanish 150 | Other Indic 18 | French 7 | — | — | — | 17,932 | |
| Sharkey County | 46 | Spanish 29 | Other Asian 12 | Tagalog / Filipino 5 | — | — | — | 4,495 | |
| Lawrence County | 101 | Spanish 64 | French 29 | German 8 | — | — | — | 11,743 | |
| Webster County | 77 | Spanish 32 | Hindi 12 | Italian 9 | Other / unspecified 9 | French 6 | Japanese 5 | 9,396 | |
| Wilkinson County | 69 | Spanish 33 | Other / unspecified 21 | French 9 | German 6 | — | — | 8,812 | |
| Holmes County | 117 | Spanish 84 | Other Indic 21 | French 7 | Other Indo-European 5 | — | — | 17,297 | |
| Jasper County | 108 | Spanish 98 | French 7 | Chinese 2 | Other Indo-European 1 | — | — | 15,519 | |
| Winston County | 126 | Spanish 78 | Other Native North American 40 | Chinese 8 | — | — | — | 17,529 | |
| Clarke County | 96 | Spanish 59 | French 19 | Italian 12 | Tagalog / Filipino 6 | — | — | 15,433 | |
| Franklin County | 43 | French 22 | Spanish 20 | Other Native North American 1 | — | — | — | 7,407 | |
| Grenada County | 122 | Spanish 71 | Tagalog / Filipino 25 | Korean 10 | French 9 | Italian 7 | — | 20,190 | |
| Issaquena County | 7 | Spanish 7 | — | — | — | — | — | 1,220 | |
| Smith County | 93 | Spanish 87 | German 4 | French 2 | — | — | — | 15,216 | |
| Yalobusha County | 71 | Spanish 31 | French 17 | Vietnamese 12 | German 8 | Polish 3 | — | 11,575 | |
| Choctaw County | 38 | Spanish 23 | Hindi 11 | German 4 | — | — | — | 7,851 | |
| Montgomery County | 40 | Chinese 19 | Spanish 13 | German 8 | — | — | — | 9,822 | |
| Jefferson County | 19 | Spanish 19 | — | — | — | — | — | 7,117 | |
| Jefferson Davis County | 36 | French 19 | German 10 | Other Slavic 7 | — | — | — | 11,212 |
About the Data
Data on this page comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey 2011–2015 5-Year Estimates, table B16001, Language Spoken at Home by Ability to Speak English for the Population 5 Years and Over. Statewide and county estimates use the same Census table so the figures can be compared consistently across the page.
The estimates describe languages spoken at home among residents age 5 and older. Census estimates include margins of error, particularly for smaller counties and less common language groups.